Saluti a tutti! So I've been in Florence for a half a week now, and it has definitely been an adventure so far. For those of you who haven't heard, I still haven't received my luggage, so I've reached the point of re-wearing my clothes. Don't worry, I haven't let people get close enough to smell me. :) But if I don't get my luggage today, the Italian program director, Chiara, said she'd take me to the aiport tomorrow to wrangle it from them somehow.

Today we took the placement test for our language course. I took the Intermediate level exam, and it went okay. I couldn't remember how to conjugate some of the different types of verbs, such as the past perfect and subjunctive tenses. But I wrote them a note saying that I know how to conjugate all those verbs, but I just haven't done it in a year so I'm a little rusty. As I was taking the test, I was amazed at how much came back to me. Excuse the cliche, but learning a new language is kind of like riding a bike. It just comes back to you, and it's impossible to forget how to do it completely!

Yesterday we took a walking tour of Florence, which was really great. Florence is so rich in history, and most of the buildings are from the 1200-1300s, which I didn't know. Our tour guide pointed out a bunch of places for us to go, so we're off to explore right now. More updates soon, I promise!

Vi voglio bene e auguri e cent'anni!
Love, Caity